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patmorgan23 • yesterday at 11:38 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Yep, flatten the peak means you can spread the cost of the transmission grid over more electrons, lower the cost per unit of energy.


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epistasis • today at 2:25 AM

And with the way that grid costs are coming to dominate electricity costs, these sorts of peak shaving technologies will be huge cost savers in the future.